DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-85,301

CITIGROUP TECHNOLOGY, INC. (“CTI”)
A SUBSIDIARY OF CITIGROUP INC.
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTED NAS STORAGE OPERATIONS – GLOBAL STORAGE
MANAGEMENT – SECURITY OPERATIONS (INFORMATION ASSURANCE
OPERATIONS)
WARREN, NEW JERSEY


Notice of Revised Determination
After Statutory Reconsideration

As required by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization
Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015), which was enacted as Title IV of the
Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, Public Law No. 114-27,
section 405(a)(1)(A), the investigation into this petition was
reopened for a reconsideration investigation to apply the
requirements for worker group eligibility under chapter 2 of title
II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by the TAARA 2015, to the
facts of this petition (statutory reconsideration).
The initial investigation, initiated May 13, 2014, resulted in
a negative determination, issued on September 4, 2014, that was
based on no production of an article. The determination was
applicable to workers and former workers of Citigroup Technology,
Inc. (“CTI”), a subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., Global Distributed
NAS Storage Operations, Global Storage Management and Security
Operations (Information Assurance Operations), Warren, New
Jersey. The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the
supply of internal technology support services.
Based on information reviewed during the reconsideration
investigation, the Department of Labor determines that a shift in
services to a foreign country contributed importantly to the worker
group separations at the subject firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in such workers’ firm have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally
or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers’ firm
has shifted to a foreign country a portion of the supply of a
service like or directly competitive with the service supplied by
the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Citigroup Technology, Inc. (“CTI”), a subsidiary
of Citigroup, Inc., Global Distributed NAS Storage Operations,
Global Storage Management and Security Operations (Information
Assurance Operations), Warren, New Jersey.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers of Citigroup
Technology, Inc. (“CTI”), a subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., Global
Distributed NAS Storage Operations, Global Storage Management and
Security Operations (Information Assurance Operations), Warren,
New Jersey, who are engaged in activities related to the internal
supply of technology support services, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Citigroup Technology, Inc. (“CTI”), a
subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., Global Distributed NAS
Storage Operations, Global Storage Management and Security
Operations (Information Assurance Operations), Warren, New
Jersey who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 7, 2013, through two years from the
date of certification, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from employment on the date
of certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended.”
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of March, 2016


/s/ Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance




DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-85,301

CITIGROUP TECHNOLOGY, INC. ("CTI")
A SUBSIDIARY OF CITIGROUP INC.
INFORMATION ASSURANCE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT
WARREN, NEW JERSEY

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
Workers of a firm may be eligible for worker adjustment
assistance if they satisfy the criteria of subsection (a) and (b)
of Section 222 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a) and (b). For the
Department of Labor to issue a certification for workers under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), the following three
criteria must be met:
(1) The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm, or
an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated
(2) The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied in one of two
ways:
(A) Increased Imports Path:
(i) sales or production, or both, at the workers' firm must
have decreased absolutely, AND
(ii) imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
increased; and
(iii) the increase described in clause (ii) contributed
importantly to such workers' separation or threat of
separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm or subdivision.

(B) Shift in Production Path:
(i) there has been a shift in production by such workers'
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like
or directly competitive with articles which are produced
by such firm or subdivision; and
(ii)(I) the country to which the workers' firm has
shifted production of the articles is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States;
(II)the country to which the workers' firm has
shifted production of the articles is a beneficiary
country under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African
Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act; or
(III)there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced by
such firm or subdivision.

For the Department to issue a secondary worker certification
under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), to workers of
a Supplier or a Downstream Producer, the following criteria must be
met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer to
a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production
is related to the article that was the basis for such
certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts
it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or
sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the
workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
terms "Supplier" and "Downstream Producer."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 13, 2014 on behalf of workers of Citigroup Technology,
Inc. ("CTI"), a subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., Information
Assurance Operations Department, Warren, New Jersey. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of information
assurance services. Workers of this group are considered
separately identifiable from other Citigroup workers.
The petitioner alleged that worker separations were caused
by a shift of services to a foreign country, similar that of a
prior case. During the course of the investigation, information
was collected from the firm.
The investigation revealed that Citigroup Technology, Inc.
("CTI"), a subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., Information Assurance
Operations Department, Warren, New Jersey, does not produce an
article within the meaning of Section 222(a) or Section 222(b) of
the Act. In order to be considered eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
the worker group seeking certification must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article. The definition
of a firm includes an individual proprietorship, partnership, joint
venture, association, corporation, business trust, cooperative,
trustee in bankruptcy, and receiver under decree of any court.
During the investigation, the Department of Labor obtained
information that revealed that the workers' firm did not produce an
article; rather, the workers' firm supplied services related to
information assurance services.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
(ATAA), the worker group must be certified eligible to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA). Since the workers are denied
eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be certified
eligible for ATAA.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Citigroup
Technology, Inc. ("CTI"), a subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc.,
Information Assurance Operations Department, Warren, New Jersey,
engaged in activities related to the supply of information
assurance services are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also
denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 4th day of September 2014.

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance